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Friday 30 August 2013

Connoisseur Ice Cream Cake + Araluen Botanic Park








去马六甲一定要去吃satay celup不是吗?我竟然回家这么多次都没有去吃,不是不想,只是一想到几百人共享那个汤底,有些人试了一口知道食物煮不熟, 又浸回去那个汤汁,我想到那个情景,就对外面的satay celup止步。所以要吃satay celup我都比较喜欢自己做,也许不比外,面的强,但是吃得安心多。那天回家买了几包 Heng‘s Satay Celup Sauce,乘着姑姑在大家集在一起来个satay celup火锅。吃了热辣辣的火锅,来个冷冰冰冰淇淋蛋糕还是挺爽的。

那天走过il Gelato Ice Cream店,跑了进去看它家的ice cream蛋糕,发现原来其中也有没有用蛋糕或饼干底做底,就纯粹是冰淇淋和外面打上whipped cream装饰就成。喔,这个容易多了,点子有了。。。不用做蛋糕底,外面就学Eileenkitkat做一道围墙不就成了咯。选来Connoisseur Ice Cream两种口味: Kangaroo Island Honey with FigMurray River Salted Caramel,中间夹了些剁粹了的Reese‘s Peanut Butter Cup巧克力,加上kitkat 围墙,好看又好吃。

这里也和大家分享到Araluen Botanic Park观赏郁金香(tulip)的照片。一年一度郁金香盛放的季节,Araluen就成了游客集中的景点。难得姑姑来得合时,我们就浩浩荡荡的出发去赏花,顺便picnic去。好多年没去了,花儿依然如此美丽灿烂,依然动人。





Satay Celup晚餐




我的铁盘碗有用武之地叻!特地带铁盘去吃炒米粉,嘻嘻!

南瓜戚风蛋糕

















Monday 26 August 2013

Moist Orange Poppyseed Cake with Honey Cashew Glaze







最近留意到大家都被懒虫病毒袭击,我也难免被虫吞噬了一半的意志。姑姑七年后从游柏斯,我也忙于准备和做导游,所以又有借口让自己暂时放缓上贴子的速度。

找来了一个简易又好吃的香橙罌粟籽小蛋糕食谱,配搭这个mark了很久的腰豆蜜糖的glaze,只要小小的装饰,好吃又讨喜。

Moist Orange Poppyseed Cake

1 large orange, peeled and roughly chopped (I used 1 small orange and 70g apple puree).
185g butter, melted
3 eggs
1 cup caster sugar ( I used ¾ cup)
1 ½ cups self raising flour
2 tbs poppyseeds

Method
1. Preheat oven to 170C
2. Grease mini bundt cake tin well.
3. Puree whole orange in food processer. Mix in apple puree.
4. Add melted butter, eggs, sugar and mix well.
5. Add flour and poppy seeds and mix with a hand whisk until well combined. Pour the batter into the tin.
6. Bake for 15 mins or until cooked when tested.
7. Allow to fully cool before removing from the bundt molds.  Use a small silicone spatula or non-metal knife to help carefully release the cakes.  Turn onto a cooling rack, then glaze and serve.

Vanilla Cashew Cream Glaze
3/4 cup raw cashews, soaked for at least 4 hours or overnight
1/3-2/3 cup unsweetened almond milk
3 tablespoons honey
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
pinch of salt

Method:
1.      Drain and rinse the soaked cashews and place them in a high-speed blender with 1/3 cup milk, the honey, vanilla, and salt.
2.      Blend until creamy and smooth, slowly adding more milk to thin out if necessary.  Scrape the sides as needed.
3.      Chill in a bowl until ready to use.  Glaze thickens a bit as it sits.
4.      Invert the cakes and dip into the glaze letting the excess drip off.
5.      Top with poppy seeds, lemon zest, and/or sprinkles.  Glaze does not fully set.
Serve.


Recipe adapted from:
Best Recipes.com.au


Edible Perspective
http://www.edibleperspective.com/home/2013/4/26/lemon-poppy-seed-mini-cakes.html








Monday 19 August 2013

Lego Cake - Happy Birthday Gabriel





那天在妈妈家和姐姐聊天,我和姐姐我在学做wedding cake下次可以她女儿做婚蛋糕。姐姐打趣说还要等么就啊,我儿子快生日了,可以先试做一个。Gab 平时都多有收集Lego的嗜好,于是他要个Lego蛋糕,我也一口答应了。回到柏斯,就去玩具店寻找Lego City的系列,姐姐说Gab没有船,所以我就选了船为我的主要装饰。主题定了,细节就慢慢的筹备。

翻糖蛋糕其实就是考人耐心。看似简单但是做上来也是相当耗时的。Lego上的小粒粒,还真是费心思,赶到最后还劳烦老公帮忙来印那个粒粒。除了颜色需要调得相近,尺寸当然能够依照玩具原本的尺寸为佳。Lego上的粒粒小圆型,我想了很久,最后找到小吸水草的尺寸是最相近的。

本来打算上网购买Lego Cupcake Wrapper的,但是竟然发现这个网站有免费的Lego Birthday Party Printable Pack,高兴极了!虽然是多工了一点,要剪,要黏,但是做上来真的有满足感。

今天早上送了蛋糕过去姐姐家,三点二十分收到外甥的电话,“Aunty Helena,谢谢你,蛋糕很Cool!很喜欢”姐姐告诉我她家的孩子都很高兴,Gab走过来模一下,走过去模一下,喜欢极了。

知道吗。。样样都有点讲究,最后犯了一个连我自己都不能原谅的大错, 名字竟然少了一个“E”字!这个阿姨怎么搞的,糊涂糊涂!

这里祝福我家很聪明很乖巧的Gabriel生日快乐,身体健康!



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